00:00The Holy Alliance was established by a treaty signed in Paris on September 26, 1815 by Emperor Alexander I.
00:05of Russia, Emperor Francis I of Austria and King Frederick William III of Prussia.
00:10She intends to base peace on the precepts of the Christian religion.
00:14Initially comprised of the Russian Empire, the Austrian Empire, and the Kingdom of Prussia, it received
00:19the accession of most European states and coexisting with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815, which became the Quintuple Alliance in 1818,
00:26which bring together only the major powers.
00:29Lord Casselray, the British Foreign Secretary, described it as "sublime mysticism and nonsense."
00:35It was effectively dissolved in 1825 upon the death of Emperor Alexander I, who was its instigator.
